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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights
Do you really think that Columbine was the result of "simple parental negligence"?
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That was a big factor, of course.
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
Ok...10, 12, 14, 16...whatever. At some point the parents have to look away for a moment. I recall having a bit more freedom at the age of 10 than you did, but that is subjective. I was raised in a rural area. The point was that no parent knows what their child is doing every second of the day...every day.
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...but they can teach them simple fire safety. I played with fire, too, but I did it in a rather controlled environment. I was near water and I didn't play with anything that I couldn't put out.